Testament of Orpheus
Le Testament d'Orphée
Release: 1960-02-18
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 7.7
Fantasy
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Editions Cinégraphiques
Cinédis
Cast
Charles Aznavour
as The Curious Man
Jean Marais
as Oedipe
Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as The Poet
Lucia Bosè
as Orphée's Friend
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
Roger Vadim
as Self (uncredited)
María Casares
as The Princess
Edouard Dermithe
as Cégeste
Brigitte Bardot
as Self (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
as The Intern (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
as Court Usher (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Françoise Sagan
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Annette Stroyberg
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
Claudine Auger
as Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
as Self (uncredited)
Pablo Picasso
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
François Périer
as Heurtebise
